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Annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

The Gambling Commission's 2024 to 2025 annual report and accounts. For the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

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Published
15 October 2025

Last updated
15 October 2025 - Changes

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Contents

• Annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

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• Foreword
• Performance report
• • Introduction
  • The organisation
  • Financial performance analysis
  • Complaints
  • Sustainability
• Accountability report
• • Overview
  • Corporate governance report
  • Remuneration report
  • Staff report
  • Parliamentary accountability and audit report
  • The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the Houses of Parliament
• Financial statements
• • Statement of comprehensive net expenditure
  • Statement of financial position for the year ended 31 March 2025
  • Statement of cash flow for the year ended 31 March 2025
  • Statement of changes in taxpayers' equity for the year ended 31 March 2025
• Notes on the accounts
• • Statement of accounting policies
  • Statement of operating costs by operating segment
  • Expenditure
  • Income cash receipts
  • Property, plant and equipment
  • Right of use assets
  • Intangible assets
  • Financial instruments
  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Trade and other receivables
  • Trade and other payables
  • Provisions and charges
  • Retirement benefit obligations
  • Lease liabilities
  • Contingent liabilities disclosed under IAS 37
  • Related party transactions
  • Amounts of income to the Consolidated Fund
  • Events after the reporting period
• Appendices
• • Annex A - Key operational data
  • Annex B - Performance by Business Plan Deliverable in 2024 to 2025

Statement of financial position

At 31 March 2025, the book value of non-current assets was £1.88 million (2023 to 2024, £2.82 million). Assets less liabilities at 31 March 2025 amounted to £10.88 million (2023 to 2024, £13.6 million). The Gambling Commission holds reserves as a matter of prudent financial management, as set out in Note 1(l), Reserves.

The year-end closing cash balance at 31 March 2025 was £31.66 million (2023 to 2024, £31.13 million). During the year, the cash balance reaches its peak between August and November, after the largest tranche of annual fees fall due, which are paid in advance by operators.

The cash position at year end reflects money collected from Gambling Regulation income from three sources as shown in the following table:

Sources of gambling regulation income

Sources of gambling regulation income

Source of cash	2024 to 2025 (£ million)	2023 to 2024 (£ million)
Deferred income	15.32	14.58
Reserves	10.88	13.60
Other payables	7.56	3.70
Trade debtors	(2.41)	(1.40)
Other	0.31	0.65
Total	31.66	31.13

Grant in Aid (GIA) to fund National Lottery regulation is drawn down monthly only as required, satisfying the normal conventions applying to parliamentary control over income and payment performance.

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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